The Infrastructure for Systems Biology Europe (ISBE) is a distributed RI that will enable efficient access to the best systems biology expertise, resources and services (stateof-the-art facilities, data, models, tools and training) by interconnecting national systems biology centres and making them easily accessible for all European researchers. ISBE will set, improve and promote standardisation of biological data, tools and models as well as operating procedures, ensuring that resources from different laboratories, countries and sectors can be integrated and become re-usable.

ISBE is key to developing the ERA and the European bio-economy by providing resources and services to academia, industry and the public that enable life science researchers to deliver solutions that address Grand Challenges in healthcare, food production, quality of life, bio-economy and sustainable bioenergy. The Business Plan, published in July 2015, offers a robust and sustainable solution to the challenge of providing access to systems biology approaches that bolsters both scientific productivity and the potential for innovation.